Moore man arrested in medical park attack

Deputies have arrested a man they believe stabbed a woman with a screwdriver in the parking lot of Westside Medical Park on Thursday morning.

By Jenny Arnoldjennifer.arnold@shj.com

Deputies have arrested a man they believe stabbed a woman with a screwdriver in the parking lot of Westside Medical Park on Thursday morning.Richard Todd Culberson, 46, of 1575 Old Anderson Mill Road, Moore, has been charged by the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office with attempted armed robbery, kidnapping, criminal sexual conduct and first-degree assault and battery, according to arrest warrants.Deputies responded to Westside Medical Park, 2995 Reidville Road, at 7:43 a.m. and spoke to the woman, who said she was assaulted by a “tall, skinny” white man wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt as she walked into the building.Lt. Tony Ivey said the woman told deputies that Culberson was likely going for the woman's purse and stabbed her on the right shoulder with the screwdriver. The woman was wearing a heavy coat, and the screwdriver did not penetrate her skin, but she fell to the ground.Ivey said Culberson grabbed the woman, who had fallen on top of her purse, in a sexual manner. The woman kicked him the groin and he stabbed her on the right side with the screwdriver before running away. The screwdriver broke the skin but the woman was not seriously injured, Ivey said.After the assault, the woman said she found the screwdriver next to her, an incident report states.A search of the area by officers on the ground and a K-9 team did not locate the suspect.The woman was taken to the hospital, but her injuries were not serious, Ivey said.Public safety officers spotted a possible suspect near the Quik Trip gas station on Reidville Road. Investigators were able to develop Culberson, who has been charged with larcenies and trespassing in the past, as a possible suspect and went to a past address they had for him — his parents' house.Ivey said Culberson's parents were cooperative.

“Deputies went to the home, and there he was, sitting at the kitchen table,” Ivey said. “He was wearing the same outfit the victim had described. His parents didn't have any idea he was in trouble.”Culberson was led out of the sheriff's office in handcuffs to be taken to the detention center after investigators charged him. He said he didn't assault the woman.“Please investigate this,” Culberson said. “It's not me. It's not my M.O. It's not me.”Culberson remained at the Spartanburg County Detention Facility on Thursday night awaiting a bond hearing.